Director, Software Engineering, Fandango 360

SPORTS NEXT

NBC Sports Next is where sports and technology intersect. We’re fueled by our mission to innovate, create larger-than-life events and connect with sports fans through technology. We’re a subdivision of NBC Sports and home to leading technology platforms and digital applications for Youth & Recreational Sports; Golf; and Emerging Media.  

At NBC Sports Next, we equip more than 30MM players, coaches, athletes, sports administrators and fans in 40 countries with more than 25 sports solution products, including SportsEngine, the largest youth sports club, league and team management platform; SportsEngine Play, the first ever streaming service for youth and amateur sports, GolfNow, the leading online tee time marketplace and provider of golf course operations technology; and GolfPass the ultimate golf membership that connects golfers to exclusive content, tee time credits, instructional content and more.  

FANDANGO

Over the past twenty years, Fandango has built a network of direct-to-consumer digital brands, where 50 million+ fans unite to celebrate their love for movies, TV and streaming.  We take pride in serving fans throughout their entertainment journey from content discovery to theatrical moviegoing to watching at home. Our portfolio includes leading online movie ticketer, Fandango, which tickets for more than 31,000 U.S. movie screens; world-renowned entertainment review site, Rotten Tomatoes; and Fandango at Home (previously known as Vudu), the on-demand streaming service offering the industry’s best selection of 4K UHD titles and more than 250,000 new release and catalogue movies and next day TV shows. 

Fandango360 is a marketing data SaaS product used by all major movie studios in Theatrical and Home Entertainment distribution and marketing as well as Fandango's own internal Performance Marketing teams. As a Software Engineering Director, you will lead a team of application engineers and collaborate with Product, Data Engineering, Data Science and business teams to develop critical new features and product enhancements for our end users and stakeholders. Projects will center around developing privacy-safe marketing technology feature enhancements, clean room technology, and using first party data in the most advanced ways available in the digital advertising space today.

Responsibilities:
• Lead the development efforts for the studio insights product offerings for Fandango’s proprietary B2B SaaS platform
• Own internal APIs & external integrations with multiple platforms including major social and ad network platforms
• Architect and identify tradeoffs of various solutions using Big Data technologies with collaboration with Data Engineering teams
• Collaborate with Product & business stakeholders to ensure successful execution and implementation of the product roadmap in support of the company strategy.
• Translate business ideas into technical solutions and provide strategic guidance
• Work with Data Engineering and Data Science teams to enhance models of recommender systems, customer scoring models, NLP models for text as well as deploy traditional machine learning models for Forecasting across all lines of businesses
• Provide leadership, guidance and direction for team
• Work closely with data governance, legal and privacy teams to ensure compliance

Qualifications/Requirements:
• BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• Deep understanding of current web & API software design patterns and principles
• Experience with Serverless REST API development (AWS Lambda, Cognito, API Gateway)
• Experience with Batch job development and coordination (AWS Batch, Step Functions)
• Experience with Elastic Search, SQL & Database Technologies
• Experience with JavaScript, ES6, Node.js, HTML5 and CSS3
• Understanding of data pipelines and ETL processes.
• Working knowledge of cloud technologies, infrastructure, and technical security fundamentals

Desired Characteristics:
• Strong knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Strong interpersonal, presentation and communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders across multiple functions.
• Ability to lead, motivate and mobilize others as well as build and develop a high functioning agile team.
• Demonstrated experience in organizing work and managing multiple potentially conflicting priorities.

Additional Desired Qualifications:
• Understanding of machine learning techniques and algorithms
• Experience with Angular OR with other modern front-end frameworks/libraries such as React/Redux, Vue.js, Polymer, etc.

Fully Remote: This position has been designated as fully remote, meaning that the position is expected to contribute from a non-NBCUniversal worksite, most commonly an employee’s residence.

Salary Range: $200,000-220,000 (Bonus Eligible) 

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [email protected].

Although you'll be hired as an NBCU employee, your employment and the responsibilities associated with this job likely will transition to Versant in the future. By joining at this pivotal time, you'll be a part of this exciting company as it takes shape.